Ulster County
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 21, 2012 - 5:27 pm
Above: A Daily Freeman video about today's bear sighting at a Hurley elementary school.
It must have been tater tot day: The Freeman reports that a bear was spotted foraging in a dumpster at the Ernest C. Myer elementary school in Hurley this afternoon.... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 21, 2012 - 9:23 am
Photo: Marcellinno Ruiz. From NYSP.
A Wallkill man, 60-year-old Keith Marroon, was killed on Bates Lane in Shawangunk on Sunday when a pick-up truck towing a utility trailer struck the bicycle he was riding.
The driver of the truck, 67-year-old Wallkill... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Friday, May. 18, 2012 - 6:26 pm
Above: Cycling on some Catskills roads. Photo via the Catskill Mountain Cycling Club Facebook page.
Cyclists who ride the Catskills know this is a perfect place to get on the bike for a quick 20-miler. And what better time to do it than this Memorial Day... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 18, 2012 - 4:05 pm
Photo of Opus 40 by Flickr user Bluesguy From NY. Published under Creative Commons license.
This weekend, the Catskills' most enduring monument to one man's artistic vision, the six-and-a-half-acre Saugerties bluestone sculpture known as Opus 40,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 16, 2012 - 12:53 pm
Tony Fletcher
Cybele Nielsen
Rebecca Balzac
Laurie Osmond
Shandaken/Lexington
346
56
55
332
Olive/Marbletown
131
399
410
134
Woodstock
281
146
102
273
Hurley
149
223
195
133
Table of results in the May 15 Onteora school board election,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 15, 2012 - 5:57 pm
Facing a looming August 6 deadline to form a sewer district in Phoenicia, uncertainty about the scope of the proposed sewer plant, and public outcry against the project, the Shandaken town board has opted to ask New York City for an extension on the... Read more
By wateradmin on Tuesday, May. 15, 2012 - 4:36 pm
As voters head to the polls for school elections today, parents in the Onteora Central School District are still upset over the district's abrupt about-face on a plan to move the elementary music program from the school day to the early morning hours... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 15, 2012 - 9:57 am
A reminder: New Yorkers go to the polls today to vote for school budgets and board members. To find your local polling place, check your school district's website.
Problems at the polls? Let us know at editor@watershedpost.com.
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 14, 2012 - 12:33 pm
A 21-year-old Kingston man has been arrested on charges that he tried to burgle a dozen roses from a Hannaford grocery store on Mother's Day by stuffing them into his pants.
Kingston police posted news of the arrest on their Facebook page:
Arrest: Sunday... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, May. 12, 2012 - 3:47 pm
A 19-year-old Accord man is currently in critical condition after falling off the roof of a friend's car while it was moving.
The Ulster County Sheriff's Office reports that the accident happened at 5:49pm on Friday, May 11, on Whitfield Road near the... Read more
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